Mo' Betta Bretta
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: New Belgium Brewing Company / New Belgium Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.68
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Collaboration ale between The Lost Abbey and New Belgium Brewing.
A long time ago (well, 2004), Pizza Port’s (Solana Beach, CA) Tomme Arthur and New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert brewed an all Brettanomyces beer they called Mo’ Betta Bretta. In 2012, the two joined forces once again — this time at The Lost Abbey — to re-release this funky ale.
On the Imagination River…live some very curious Bullfrogs. Rumor has it they LOVE funky and wild beer. But it wasn’t always this way. Like most beer drinking frogs, they started out drinking mass produced beer. And for the most part, each was content drinking this beer. But then a new frog took up residence next door. He embraced funk and his inner wild child.
One day, while lounging on the lily pads, he broke out a special bottle of Mo Betta Bretta, a delicious blonde ale with a decidedly 100% wild fermentation carried out by Brettanomyces. Everything changed that day. Now when you get close to the reeds and listen, you can hear them croaking in unison…Mo Betta Bretta. And for that, we’re thankful these frogs have great taste in beer.
A long time ago (well, 2004), Pizza Port’s (Solana Beach, CA) Tomme Arthur and New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert brewed an all Brettanomyces beer they called Mo’ Betta Bretta. In 2012, the two joined forces once again — this time at The Lost Abbey — to re-release this funky ale.
On the Imagination River…live some very curious Bullfrogs. Rumor has it they LOVE funky and wild beer. But it wasn’t always this way. Like most beer drinking frogs, they started out drinking mass produced beer. And for the most part, each was content drinking this beer. But then a new frog took up residence next door. He embraced funk and his inner wild child.
One day, while lounging on the lily pads, he broke out a special bottle of Mo Betta Bretta, a delicious blonde ale with a decidedly 100% wild fermentation carried out by Brettanomyces. Everything changed that day. Now when you get close to the reeds and listen, you can hear them croaking in unison…Mo Betta Bretta. And for that, we’re thankful these frogs have great taste in beer.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle share at the holiday party
Appearance: Cloudy yellow with a big white and some lacing
Aroma: Mild hay, banana and yeasty
Taste: Grainy, dusty and citrus
Ok, thin. Wasn’t real impress with this one.
Appearance: Cloudy yellow with a big white and some lacing
Aroma: Mild hay, banana and yeasty
Taste: Grainy, dusty and citrus
Ok, thin. Wasn’t real impress with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2012
at 14:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Smaller corked bottle thanks to Kyle. Pours a cloudy orange color with a medium white head. A big spicy and peppery nose, light funk. The overall flavor is a bit like a more peppery and light banana Belgian ale, not sour at all, light funkiness in the finish. A nice palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 21:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small, rather stable very fine & dense yellow head, fed by extremely lively Champenoise carbonation in copperish-yellow beer. Typical Brett nose, old furniture or old textiles, farmyard more or less; garden herbs or dried herbs. Sweetish, with a spicy-sourish finish. Again dried herbs, dried fruits, dried vegetables. Definitely some oxydation. Leathersoap is there a bit as well. Very carbonated, spritzy MF; certain slickness, lean body. MBB wasn’t my favourite @ PizzaPort, is isn’t my favourite @ Lost Abbey. Somewhere, the Bretts don’t deliver the right thing - bit like the Ommageddon.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2012
at 11:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375 ml. typische LA fles – ziet er niet slecht uit – gedeeld met Kraddel. Wazig gouden met een witte kraag. Ruikt lichtjes naar kleurende Indische kruiden, bloemen, meel, zomerfruit, floraal en heel lichte funk. Smaakt naar meel, bloemen, lichte brett toets, bittere bloemen, hooi, wat tarwe, lichte citrusvruchten, kruiden, bloemen zoet een heel, heel, heel licht zuur, weinig brett – echt wel mild. Maar wel aangenaam en verfrissend. Wazige mondgevoel. Lagere prijs en locale distributie zou dit best wel een leuke doordrink biertje of een zomerbiertje maken.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2012
at 11:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super hazy golden coloured body with a bit of an orange and slight amber glow and a thin, one centimetre tall white head. Aroma of yeast, coriander seed, corn, curacao and a bit of light caster sugar. Medium-bodied; Assertive yeast and hay/grassy flavours with a lot of effervescence at first then fading to an almost creamy, grassy and herbal flavour and a bit of nice sweet complexity on the back end. Aftertaste has some corn tastes, a bit of curacao and full oranges, some lemons, a bunch of yeast and a little coriander seed freshness. Overall, a decent beer bordering more on a biere de garde more than anything else, but not amazing, and not as good as I was even expecting. I sampled this 37.5 cL split bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 22-July-2012 for US$8.25 sampled at home in Washington on 19-October-2012, with this bottle made on 24-May (perhaps, it’s tough to read).
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 23:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of sweet grains with a some earthy funk and a hint of light fruits. Flavor is quite sweet with grains, fruits and flora with just a bit of funk coming out towards the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2012
at 19:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold into a snifter. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Sweet caramel and coriander aromas. Sweet with toasted caramel and hay upfront turning to ever so mild brett in the lasting slightly salty finish.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2012
at 15:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed in an Ommegang glass at cellar temp.
A - Poured a very hazy / cloudy dark orange with a finger head that dissipated pretty fast.
S - Very grazzy on the nose. Hint of citrus and floral notes. Nice dry bretty scent and citrus.
T - Sour tangerine taste. Very funky and grassy. Very crisp and sort of a lemon/lime finish but it’s very faint. Very tasty.
M - Medium carbonation, medium body. crisp and dry finish.
O - This is a nice drinkable beer.
A - Poured a very hazy / cloudy dark orange with a finger head that dissipated pretty fast.
S - Very grazzy on the nose. Hint of citrus and floral notes. Nice dry bretty scent and citrus.
T - Sour tangerine taste. Very funky and grassy. Very crisp and sort of a lemon/lime finish but it’s very faint. Very tasty.
M - Medium carbonation, medium body. crisp and dry finish.
O - This is a nice drinkable beer.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2012
at 14:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml bottle from a trade, thanks stawn!
Bottled 06/23/12 - Pours clear yellowish orange with a small foamy head. Aroma of earthy farmhouse notes, biscuity malts, yeast, hints of tart fruits and yeast. Taste has a lot of farmhouse notes, hints of yeast, tart fruits and biscuity malts. Finish is sweetish and slightly fruity with some hints of apricose and spices. Quite sweetish and malty Belgian tripel, not really that sour or tart. Where’s the bretta?
Bottled 06/23/12 - Pours clear yellowish orange with a small foamy head. Aroma of earthy farmhouse notes, biscuity malts, yeast, hints of tart fruits and yeast. Taste has a lot of farmhouse notes, hints of yeast, tart fruits and biscuity malts. Finish is sweetish and slightly fruity with some hints of apricose and spices. Quite sweetish and malty Belgian tripel, not really that sour or tart. Where’s the bretta?
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2012
at 06:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Night of the Funk 2012. Bottle. Cloudy golden amber color, small off white head. Aroma is dusty barnyard. Taste is fruity, dusty and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2012
at 17:37